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Water saving tips

Here are some really easy ways to save water in your home and garden. Remember, small changes make a big difference to the amount of water you use every day so why not give it a try? You’ll be surprised how much you can save (and if you have a water meter, you’ll reduce your water bill too).

Saving water in the garden couldn’t be easier, just swap tap water for rainwater by installing a water butt to catch all that lovely water, great for your plants and the wider environment – blooming marvellous!

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Water out of hours

Water your garden in the early morning or late evening, when less water is lost through evaporation.

Plan your garden

Try planting drought-resistant plants, such as Lavender. It looks great and doesn’t need a lot of water so you can save water and also time.

Ditch the hosepipe

Hosepipes use hundreds of litres of water an hour. Use a watering can for your plants, and a bucket and sponge for your car, and you’ll be doing the environment a good turn.

Use mulch for moisture

Add a layer of mulch (eg bark chips, manure) over your soil to help retain moisture and keep weeds at bay.

Spend a minute less

If each member of a family of four spent one minute less in the shower they could save approximately 36 litres of water a day!

Turn off the tap

Turning off the tap while brushing your teeth saves around six litres of water per minute. For a family of four, that could be as much as 96 litres a day!

Use a washing up bowl

Instead of letting the tap run for longer than it needs to, use a washing up bowl – you can reduce wasted water by up to 50 per cent!

Boil only what you need

People often overfill the kettle when they make a cuppa, think about it next time you make one just for yourself, and make your mantra: 'boil only what you need'.

Save in your shower

This handy ShowerSave can save you up to 10,000 litres of water a year. It's really easy to fit, watch our video to see how to do it.

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Save water and money with these tap inserts

These handy tap inserts can save you up to 36 litres of water a day. They're really easy to fit, watch our video to see how to do it.